Polyadenylic acid is degraded into niononncleotides and low molecular might, oligoniicleotides in a 20 hr. period at 64Β°C. by the action of ;\In (II), Co (11), Xi (11), and Cri (11) ions, and in a 2 hr. period by Zn (11) ions. The latter also degrade poly C, poly U, and RNA at approsimately the same
Interactions of metal ions with polynucleotides and related compounds. III. Degradation of polyribonucleotides by lanthanum ions,
β Scribed by Gunther L. Eichhorn; James J. Butzow
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1965
- Tongue
- English
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- 824 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0006-3525
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β¦ Synopsis
The polyrihonucleotides of adenylic, cytidylic, and uridylic acids are degraded in a 2-hr. period at 64Β°C. into low molecular weight oligoniicleot,ides and mononncleotides through the action of lanthanum ( 111) or other trivalent inner transition met,al ions. Polyinosinic arid is degraded somewhat more slowly. Cleavage of the polynucleotide chains orciirs at, the 5'-phosphate linkages. The 3'-mononucleotides produced require over 100 hr. of furt,her heating a t 64Β°C. to produce nucleoside and orthophosphate. The reaction beht-een lanthanum (111) and the polynucleoside involves one metal ion for every three nucleot,ide residues, with each metal ion apparently chelated to 2'- hydroxyl :$id a phosphate group and hound to only one polynucleotide chain.
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